138 



at Bardsey light (Carnarvon) at midnight on the 8th/9th o£ 

 May. 



Eoos were found in Hampshire and Berkshire in Hedo;e- 

 Sparrows' nests on the 29th of April, one in a Robin's nest 

 in Dorset on the 5th of May, in a Blackcap's nest in Kent 

 on the ()th, in a Sedge- Warbler's nest in Essex on the 12th, 

 in a Hedge-Sparrow's nest in the same county on the 13th, 

 in Blackcaps' nests in Somerset and Suffolk on the 18th, in 

 a Robin's nest in Derbyshire on the 19th, while on the same 

 date two eggs were found with four Whitethroat's in Somerset. 

 An ego- was found in a Reed-Buntino's nest in Perthshire on 

 the 23rd. In Essex on the 25th, eggs were found in two 

 Whitethroats' nests, and in a Linnet's and a Sedge-Warbler's 

 nest. An egg was observed in a Meadow-Pipit's nest in 

 Pembroke on the 27th, and one in a Hedge-Sparrow's in 

 Northampton on the 29tli. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



Devon. 

 Dorset. 

 Yorkshire. 

 Sussex. 

 Devon. 

 Leicester. 



Hants, Somerset, Berks. 

 Isle of Wight, Kent, Suffolk, Merioneth, 

 Montgomery. 

 13th. Essex, Surrey, Herts, ^Vilts, Gloueestei", 



Derby. 

 14th. Dorset, Carmarthen, Northampton. 



15th. Gloucester (increase). Cheshire. 

 16th. Shropshire. 

 17th. Oxford, Glamorgan, Hereford, Lancashire, 



Westmoreland. 

 18th. Surrey and Gloucester (increase). Cardi- 



gan, Warwick, Staffordshire, Norfolk, 

 Arran. 



March 



2Gth. 



:? 



28th. 



April 



2nd. 



5? 



3rd. 



U 



4th. 



11 



5 th. 



55 



10th. 



55 



12th. 



